中東呼吸症候群的超級傳播者【醫事綜探】 試閱
Super-Spreader Key to MERS Outbreak
中東呼吸症候群冠狀病毒感染症原被認為是低傳染性病毒，然而在南韓爆發疫情後，研究推測，接觸單一感染者的病毒傳播性應該為高傳染性，因此在疾病管控方面顯得非常重要。根據臺灣傳染病防治法，MERS-CoV為第五類法定傳染病，如醫師在醫治病人時發現該病人是（或）疑似為MERS-CoV之患者，須於24小時內報告當地主管機關，必要時，得於指定隔離治療機構施行隔離治療。
According to a study report, the 2015 outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in South Korea can be traced largely back to one “superspreader.” MERS-CoV was initially thought to have relatively low transmissibility, but in this case, the patient’s movement through the hospital may also have been a factor. In Taiwan, by regulations of the Communicable Disease Control Act, patients with MERS-CoV will be placed undermandatory isolation care if the physician determines it is the most favorable way preventing transmission or if the patient does not take his or her medicine regularly and refuses the recommendation of hospital care.
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